Aegilops ventricosaTausch

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WFO wfo-0000841956 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Aegilops ventricosa, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. a Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205475042
Aegilops ventricosa, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. b Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199168407
Aegilops ventricosa, photographed by Crebassa Jason
fig. c Crebassa Jason, CC0 1.0 / obs. 131961202
Aegilops ventricosa, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. d Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 35974257
Aegilops ventricosa, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. e Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205475190
Aegilops ventricosa, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. f Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199168494
Aegilops ventricosa, photographed by Crebassa Jason
fig. g Crebassa Jason, CC0 1.0 / obs. 131961236
Aegilops ventricosa, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. h Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 35974304

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Aegilops ventricosa is native: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon-Syria, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Baleares, Corse, Greece, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoTunisiaLebanon-SyriaSinaiTranscaucasusCorseGreeceItalyNW. Balkan Pen.SiciliaSpain BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Aegilops ventricosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Corse COR
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Lebanon-Syria LBS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Sinai SIN
Transcaucasus TCS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 24 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aegilops fragilis Parl.
  • Aegilops squarrosa subvar. truncata (Coss.) Coss. & Durieu
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. comosa Coss.
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. truncata Coss.
  • Aegilops subulata Pomel
  • Aegilops ventricosa f. comosa (Coss. & Durand) Batt. & Trab.
  • Aegilops ventricosa subsp. comosa (Coss. & Durieu) Zhuk.
  • Aegilops ventricosa subsp. fragilis (Parl.) Fiori
  • Aegilops ventricosa subsp. truncata (Coss. & Durieu) Zhuk.
  • Aegilops ventricosa subvar. comosa Coss. & Durieu
  • Aegilops ventricosa subvar. truncata Coss. & Durieu
  • Aegilops ventricosa var. comosa (Coss. & Durieu) Eig
  • Aegilops ventricosa var. fragilis (Parl.) Fiori
  • Aegilops ventricosa var. fragilis (Parl.) Fiori & Paoli
  • Aegilops ventricosa var. obscura Miczyn
  • Aegilops ventricosa var. prostrata Sennen & Mauricio
  • Aegilops ventricosa var. subulata (Pomel) Maire & Weiller
  • Aegilops ventricosa var. truncata (Coss. & Durieu) Eig
  • Aegilops ventricosa var. vulgaris Eig
  • Gastropyrum ventricosum (Tausch) Á.Löve
  • Triticum fragile (Parl.) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli
  • Triticum subulatum (Pomel) T.Durand & Schinz
  • Triticum ventricosum (Tausch) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli
  • Triticum ventricosum subvar. truncatum (Coss.) Coss. & Durieu

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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